GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019, 08(03), 085–093 Available online at GSC Online Press Directory GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences e-ISSN: 2581-3250, CODEN (USA): GBPSC2 Journal homepage: https://www.gsconlinepress.com/journals/gscbps  Corresponding author E-mail address: Copyright © 2019 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0 (R ESEARCH A RTICLE ) The plants traded at the nursery of Jatikarya, Bekasi District, West Java Province, Indonesia Silalahi Marina * Prodi Pendidikan Biologi, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Kristen Indonesia. Publication history: Received on 01 August 2019; revised on 22 August 2019; accepted on 05 September 2019 Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2019.8.3.0147 Abstract Nursery is a places to buy, sell, care, and maintain various types of beneficial plants. The type and value of selling plants varies between regions depending on the needs and supply. This study aims to determine the species and economic value of plants traded in the nursery of Jatikarya, Bekasi District, West Java Province, Indonesia. Theresearch was conducted a survey and interviews to the nursery owners or employees. The list of questionnaire were local name of the plants, source of acquisition, supplying, purchasing and selling price of each plants. A number of 130 species belonging 96 genera and 56 families traded at the Jatikarya nursery and the selling price was about 5,000 – 5.000,000 IDR. The trading plants uses as ornament, sources of fruit, ground cover, and shade. The selling value of each species depends on the size, supply, age, method of breeding, and maintenance. The bonsai plants such as Korean banyan (Ficus campanulata/ Moraceae) and anting putri (Wrightia religiosa/ Apocynaceae) have expensive. The rambutans (Nephelium lappaceum) and guavas (Psidium guajava) are the most popular of fruit plants. The krokots (Portulaca glandiflora) and lili paris (Chlorophytum comosum) are easy to propagate with affordable prices (5,000- 10,000 IDR) per unit. In order to increase the productivity of nursery and conservation, it is important to promote and to socialize the role of plants. Keywords: Nursery; Jatikarya; Ficus campanulata 1. Introduction Indonesia has a diversity of around 30,000 plant species. The distribution of biodiversity between in the region, island and country is varied. Based on the biogeography of plants, indonesia is divided into three zones, namely is western Malesiana, central Malesiana and eastern Malesiana [1]. The Dipterocarpaceae such as meranti (Shorea spp.) are found in western Malesiana, pandan (Pandanus spp) and matoa (Sapindaceae) are found in the eastern Malesiana. The use of plants by human results trading plants by local communities [2]. The transaction of buying and selling plants can be found in the traditional markets, modern markets and nursery. Silalahi et al [3] stated that the buying and selling of medicinal plants in the Kabanjahe traditional market had been carried out for decades and found more than 240 species of medicinal plants to be traded. Various benefits from buying and selling have grown, among others, as a source of income, exchange of local knowledge and preserving local wisdom [4]. In the “traditional markets and supermarkets are used by local communities to buy and to sell plants for some purposes such as fruits, vegetable, staple food [5], while in the nursery are also carried out nurseryes and maintenance of plants that are traded [6-7]. Its shows that in the nursery have thev very complex of problem, so its need the plant management which resulted the sustainable the nursery [8].